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The Assembly of Montenegro was formed as per the 1905
Constitution. The People's Party of Montenegro was first formed in
1906, when all MPs of the Assembly of Montenegro (elected in 1905
for the Constitutional Assembly) decided to form a club which would
oppose the absolutist rule of Prince (later King) Nikola I
Petrovic-Njegos. The parliament had only fictional authority of
overseeing, while Nikola held all power, as per the 1905
Constitution of the Princedom of Montenegro; this was challenged by
the Parliament. The Club of members of the Montenegrin
Parliament was renamed to People's Party
in 1907.

The Party's goals were establishing democracy in Montenegro by
transferring rule from the Monarch to the people, unification with
Serbia and liberation of the
rest of the Serb and South Slavic-populated lands under the Ottoman
Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy. Their other aims were education
and enlightenment of the people.

In September 1907 the People's Party decided to boycott the
elections as a mark of protest against Nicholas' bad relations with
Serbia. Prince Nikola formed the True People's Party (Права народна
странка, Prava narodna stranka) from his personal
supporters that, as the sole option on the elections, were elected
to the Parliament. The pravaši supported Nicholas' rule
and proclaimed him King in 1910.

At the 1913 elections, both Montenegrin parties ran, and the
People's Party defeated the Rightist People's Party and won an
outstanding victory, winning most of the Parliament's mandates. In
the wake of the forthcoming Great War, the True People's Party rejoined
the main People's Party and altered its program to include
unification of Montenegro with Serbia.

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It renewed its work in 1990, after a multi-party system was
introduced in Montenegro.

The People's Party opposed Slobodan Milošević's regime in Serbia and his supporters in
Montenegro during the 1990s. It joined DPS and SDP on 1998
election, and it participated in Government with the two until
2001. But, when DPS and SDP openly stated that they are proponents
of full Montenegrin independence, People's Party of Montenegro left
the coalition and the Government.

Afterwords, it was mostly in coalition with pro-union with
Serbia parties. After the referendum the People's Party refused to
acknowledge the result due to many proofs of rigging, as
blackmails, buying votes and voters' lists irregularities. However,
it accepts the existing status. Its goal is to remove Milo
Đukanović from power, and improve relations with Serbia.
People's Party is nurturing history, tradition, and culture of the
Petrović Dynasty, when they consider
Montenegro was a Serbian national state. The motto of the People's
Party is that the right on life, freedom, property and faith is
inalienable.